US plywood producers file lawsuit to stop certification for Brazilian wood
Ten plywood producers in the United States have filed for a court order to stop the [...]
September 17, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Wood-based Panels / North America / South America
Surge in Vietnamese plywood exports coming from Chinese firms looking to avoid trade war tariffs
Vietnam suspects that a surge in plywood exports to the U.S. is actually coming from Chinese firms looking to [...]
September 17, 2019
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Beijing administration announces list of timber products affected by new retaliatory tariffs
The U.S.- China trade war tensions heightens once more as Beijing announced a new round of retaliatory tariffs on [...]
September 11, 2019
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Pfleiderer sold to an US investment group
On 21 August, the EU Commission approved the acquisition of a majority stake in Pfleiderer Group SA by US financial [...]
September 11, 2019
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Norbord reduces OSB production as to lower US demand
Norbord Inc. announced that effective September 5th, Line 1 of its two-line oriented strand board (OSB) mill in Cordele [...]
September 10, 2019
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List of new tariffs against US wood products exports to China
U.S. hardwood lumber, logs and veneer exports are among the products impacted in a new round of tariffs announced [...]
September 4, 2019
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Slowdown in forest activity affects pellet producers in North America
Follow-through from unstoppable demand for solid wood products at the end of 2017 lead to robust lumber sales through [...]
August 29, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Energy / North America
Vietnam becomes top supplier of hardwood plywood to the US
US imports of hardwood plywood were down 5% in June, with decreases in volume from nearly [...]
August 26, 2019
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U.S. removes Chinese furniture from planned 10% tariffs
The Trump administration is sparing some Chinese-made household furniture from its next rounds of 10 [...]
August 22, 2019
Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Wood Furniture / China / North America
Lumber production in North America drops, while Canadian output goes 10% down
U.S. sawmills produced 14.647 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first [...]
August 21, 2019
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